The next escalation point, if it is not happening already, is the other 2 super powers getting involved. On a financial/covert level most likely. No prize for guessing which side Russia & China might be covertly funding and assisting if it meant the USA losing yet another war.
China, which advocates a two-state solution, argues that the Palestinian people are fighting for national rights and that this should be supported to the end.
Israeli experts speak openly of Russia’s possible advance knowledge of Hamas’s attack and even indirect involvement in its preparation. That leaves Russia gradually winning hearts and minds in the Arab part of the Middle East, where its strong ties with Hamas have not gone unnoticed.
